Travel Blogs from Tahoe City

Let me start out by saying...this is my first attempt at blogging! I've been told that it is not acceptable practice to back-blog. However, I am a novice and I was at an awesome workshop that also happened to be in a beautiful setting! Every single minute was accounted for and thoroughly enjoyed! So bear with me as I backtrack...

It was a long drive down to Reno, but I was there for one reason and that was to play cards. Specifically blackjack. Because seriously right? Is there really any other game worth considering? Blackjack is an unusual game in many ways, in that you play against the house only (in most cases) never against other players. Even though you can have a full table load of fellow players it always comes down to you versus ...

... there. We continued on to lake Tahoe, where we had plans of camping over night. We found our camping area and they had closed for the season. So we were thrown into kaos. We drove further down the road and found another campsite. It was really cool, across the road from the lake, you could hear the water splashing up on the shoreline. So we set up camp, lit a great fir, cooked up some snags and enjoyed a an evening, almost, by the waters ...

... woke the kids up in a deep sleep. They were ready to go relatively quickly and off we set. We checked them in to ski school and waved them off with nervous smiles (all of us)... Then Pete and I got lost in our own world. We got our gear and a lesson which ended up being for the day. Luckily Pete is a patient man as I thought he was going to get frustrated as we were painstakingly told a lot of details about snow, skiing ...

Had quick look around Sacremento - nothing there accept the state capitol building. Took the tour then drove to Lake Tahoe. Was walking around the lake tonight as it was getting dark and caught first site of a bat. There were quite a few small ones buzzing by. The rubbish tins around here all have covers on them that have to be opened by putting your hand in the lid and pulling up ...